Little Butch Magazine

On style, presence, identity, and the quiet pleasures of butch life.

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Autumn is Ours
Autumn is Ours

I passed a tree today
With leaves so red
I sucked in my breath.

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OUT FITS: Early Fall - Cool Then Warm
OUT FITS: Early Fall - Cool Then Warm

One outfit becomes five different looks over the course of a single day as the temps swing from cool to warm and back to cool.

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OUT FITS — 4th of July
OUT FITS — 4th of July

Western Hemisphere.
Early July.
Sweltering weather.

The air thick with flags and grievance.
The summer humidity the least part
of the suffocating atmosphere.

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OUT FITS — Soft Butch Goes Dancing
OUT FITS — Soft Butch Goes Dancing

Early summer evening. Smell of wet pavement.
The line forms early — that’s the whole point.
Tickets scanned.
Eyes struggling to adjust to the dark interior.
Heartbeat climbing as the dance floor comes into view.

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Why I Wear an Analog Watch
Why I Wear an Analog Watch

The thing that limits analog watches is the exact reason I wear one.
They only do one thing — tell time.

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OUT FITS — Spring Equinox
OUT FITS — Spring Equinox

Spring Equinox.
Finally.
But after weeks of waiting, it arrives as just another quiet Friday.

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OUT FITS — Early Spring Potting Bench
OUT FITS — Early Spring Potting Bench

Two weeks before the spring equinox.
USDA Zone 6b — two long months before the last frost date.
Still too cold to get into the garden.

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From Style

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Labor Day Reset
Labor Day Reset

This year instead of mourning the end of summer, I’m trying a Labor Day Reset. A chance to add new habits when the fresh promise of fall makes a new beginning feel like the perfect fit.

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10 Watches for Summer
10 Watches for Summer

Summer, with all its water beckoning, is undoubtedly the season for the dive watch.

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From Life

Notes & Musings

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Chasing March Sunshine

Down at the bottom of March, the urge would become impossible to ignore.
We yearned for the sun on our skin.

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The Wind Today

The wind today made me remember the quietest place.

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Snowlight Blue

There is a certain color blue that fills the sky only when there is snow on the ground.

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Shame is Two Sizes Too Big
Shame is Two Sizes Too Big

This is why clothing is such a big deal to me.  So many times clothing is actually a reflection of what’s on the inside. 

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It’s ok (A poem of healing religious trauma)
It’s ok (A poem of healing religious trauma)

I wrote this poem several years ago. I had spent months slogging through session after session with my therapist trying to make peace with my childhood. Really, I was trying to finally believe that it was alright to be queer.

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The First Time I Heard the Word Butch
The First Time I Heard the Word Butch

I remember the first time I heard the word 'butch.'  Not just heard it. The first time someone called me butch.

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From Identity

How do we make a life that feels like coming home to ourselves?